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...American companies are facing enormous costs for healthcare - roughly $9,552 per employee in 2009, according to a recent survey by Towers Perrin. That's up 6% over 2008 outlays and will be the fifth consecutive year of single digit percentage increases (prior to that there were five consecutive years of double-digit percentage increases.) (See the five truths about health care in America...
...Medical School in the U.K. presented findings from a painstaking study of physical activity in 206 children ages 7 to 11 from three schools in and around Plymouth, on the southern coast of England. Kids at the first school, an expensive private academy, got an average of 9.2 hours per week of scheduled P.E. Kids at the other two schools - one in a village near Plymouth and the other an urban school - got just 2.4 hours and 1.7 hours of P.E. per week, respectively. (See nine kid foods to avoid...
...difference is that we'd be telling people not just about a particular credit card's characteristics but about what those characteristics mean in terms of human behavior. It would be similar to Federal Trade Commission rules that require auto manufacturers to say how many miles per gallon cars get whether a person is driving in the city or in the country. Depending on a person's behavior, the cost changes - and that is made clear right on the sticker. (See pictures of stores that are no more...
...response to one question about the changes in teaching fellow and teaching assistant hiring, Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris said that the College plans to make a current 18 person per section target rate more of an “average” than a “maximum...
...Anthony Weiner conceded to the New York Times earlier this year. "But the Park Service is full of slightly dangerous things you can do." The Obama administration agreed. Park Rangers will allow up to 10 people at a time inside the cramped crown area, with a goal of 30 per hour. Some 150,000 are expected to visit over the first two years, but after that, would-be statue scalers will again need to be patient, as Lady Liberty closes her doors again so that more renovations can be completed...